Press Releases

November 26, 2020

Judge Raymond Grimes, a general sessions and juvenile judge in Montgomery County, passed away on November 26 after being hospitalized with COVID-19 for several days. He was 73. 

He was first elected to the bench in 1998 and was reelected multiple times, most recently in 2014. Judge…



November 25, 2020

Murfreesboro Municipal Judge Ewing Sellers was recently awarded the 2020 Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence by the Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference. In 2015, Board of Governors created the Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence to be presented to a municipal judge who has made a significant…



November 24, 2020

At the end of the month, 30th Judicial District Chancellor Walter L. Evans will retire after 22 years serving the people of Shelby County in Chancery Court.

The retirement caps off a long and successful career that saw Chancellor Evans spend over two decades in private legal…